Director, Product Development MCS

Overview

Abbott is a global healthcare leader that helps people live more fully at all stages of life. Our portfolio of life-changing technologies spans the spectrum of healthcare, with leading businesses and products in diagnostics, medical devices, nutritionals and branded generic medicines. Our 114,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.

Director, Product Development MCS

Abbott is a global healthcare leader that helps people live more fully at all stages of life. Our portfolio of life-changing technologies spans the spectrum of healthcare, with leading businesses and products in diagnostics, medical devices, nutritionals and branded generic medicines. Our 113,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.

At Abbott, you can do work that matters, grow, and learn, care for yourself and family, be your true self and live a full life. You’ll also have access to:

• Career development with an international company where you can grow the career you dream of
• Free medical coverage for employees via the Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO
• An excellent retirement savings plan with high employer contribution
• Tuition reimbursement, the Freedom 2 Save student debt program and FreeU education benefit - an affordable and convenient path to getting a bachelor’s degree
• A company recognized as a great place to work in dozens of countries around the world and named one of the most admired companies in the world by Fortune
• A company that is recognized as one of the best big companies to work for as well as a best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists

We are recruiting for a Director, Product Development in R&D to join our team in Pleasanton, CA. The Director R&D Provides leadership, vision and direction of a critical R&D development function and/or R&D program. This leadership role will be responsible for electronic, mechanical and system design of medical device and equipment functions; collaborate across the division to optimize products and development programs strategy and budgets;

responsible for effective people leadership, up to R&D Director level staff. Conduct high level program management coordination and strategic decision ownership for a wide range of Mechanical Circulatory Support (MCS) products and all related technology development, including shaping the leading-edge technology roadmap; also provide management guidance for the respective organizations to ensure market leading technology and product development. Establish product segment strategies in concert with cross functional senior management.

Ensure that the Product teams have clear strategic direction.

• Recruits, coaches, and develops organizational talent. Fosters a diverse workplace that enables all participants to contribute to their full potential in pursuit of organizational objectives. Creates an entrepreneurial environment, transform the R&D teams with can-do and result-oriented culture, and turn around challenge programs to deliver.
• Provides general direction to directors and managers, exempt specialists and non-exempt support in various areas, groups and/or operations.
• Keeps the organization's vision and values at the forefront of decision making and action.
• Demonstrates effective change management and leadership.
• Lead and shape the technology roadmap and build/develop the relevant technical competence in the R&D teams to deliver the business product roadmap and support the product life cycle management.
• Builds strategic partnerships to further departmental and organizational objectives.
• Interacts internally and externally with executive level management, outside regulatory agencies, customers, vendors and suppliers.
• Coordinates across functional areas, business units, and/or geographies to achieve company or area goals.
• Utilizes technical/professional knowledge and skills to establish, interpret and execute company policies in a major segment of the company.
• Monitors and ensures compliance with company policies and procedures (e.g. compliance with FDA, BSI, EEO regulations, etc.).
• Makes and executes operational decisions with a strategic…